Responsible Research Assessment Case Studies

About the case studies

The central mission of the Global Research Council’s Responsible Research Assessment (RRA) Working Group is to facilitate and support the adoption of RRA globally. It does so by promoting a collective understanding of responsible approaches to research assessment, learning through collaboration, and openly sharing good practices to guide collective advancement.

This case study library advances this mission by enabling funding organisations worldwide to showcase their examples of RRA implementation, aligned with one or more of the eleven Dimensions of RRA outlined in a report launched at the 2024 GRC Annual Meeting. In many cases, these examples align with the principles and practices championed by other international initiatives with which the RRA working group works closely. These include the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA), the Latin American Forum on Research Assessment (FOLEC), and many others.

All case studies in this library were submitted by members of the RRA Working Group and published in the GRC Responsible Research Assessment Case Studies presented at the 2025 GRC Annual Meeting. Each case study underwent a quality assurance process to ensure its clarity and alignment with the Dimensions of RRA. However, the working group did not assess the effectiveness of the practices outlined in each case study. Therefore, this may vary for any particular action, based on the context in which it is implemented. Accordingly, these case studies aim to serve as a reference for funders globally to consider as they explore their own approaches to embedding the Dimensions of RRA.

Case Studies

An overview of all case studies is available in the GRC Responsible Research Assessment Case Studies (2025) booklet. The links in the overview below will take you directly to the relevant case study in the booklet.